UFC Confirms Florian vs. Stevenson at UFC 91

A lightweight bout between title contenders Kenny Florian and Joe Stevenson has been confirmed for UFC 91.

UFC President Dana White told Yahoo! Sports that the two Ultimate Fighter contestants will meet on pay-per-view on Nov. 15 at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Oregon.

Both have fought for the UFC lightweight belt and have fallen short. Florian lost to Sean Sherk at UFC 64 in Oct. 2006, but has won five in a row to put himself close to another shot. Stevenson lost to BJ Penn earlier this year but returned in July at UFC 76 to submit Gleison Tibau.

This is certainly going to be a very entertaining fight but it's not what's best for the UFC. There's too many 'what ifs?' in this fight. If Stevenson wins, does he get another shot at BJ Penn? Meanwhile Florian has destroyed everyone since he lost to Sean Sherk in 2006 runs the risk of not getting his title shot at BJ Penn.

If Florian doesn't win, the lightweight division will be in shambles. It could turn into the middleweight division all over again.

This all but confirms that BJ Penn will be going up in weight to fight Georges St. Pierre. It goes to show tha as much as Dana White says the other organizations don't bother him, they obviously are. There's no need to have St. Pierre fight BJ Penn in their next fight, especially when Florian was supposed to get a shot at Penn with a win over Roger Huerta.

Hey, I'm not gonna be upset watching Penn vs. St. Pierre but I do know that the UFC is making promises to the fighters that they can't keep. Just because they feel threatened by other organizations.